Quote by Lewis Thomas
A multitude of bees can tell the time of day, calculate the geomet

A multitude of bees can tell the time of day, calculate the geometry of the suns position, argue about the best location for the next swarm. Bees do a lot of close observing of other bees maybe they know what follows stinging and do it anyway. – Lewis Thomas

Other quotes by Lewis Thomas

I dont want to be reincarnated, thats for sure. When youve had rewarding experiences in your life – a loving family, friends – you dont need additional reassurances that youre going to do something with a new cast of characters. Id just as soon pass. – Lewis Thomas

Category:
Family
Read Quote

I suggest that the introductory courses in science, at all levels from grade school through college, be radically revised. Leave the fundamentals, the so-called basics, aside for a while, and concentrate the attention of all students on the things that are not known. – Lewis Thomas

Category:
Science
Read Quote

At this early stage in our evolution, now through our infancy and into our childhood and then, with luck, our growing up, what our species needs most of all, right now, is simply a future. – Lewis Thomas

Category:
Future
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
best
category

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry. – William F. Buckley, Jr.

Category:
best

So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty. All other pacts of love or fear derive from it and are modeled upon it. – Haniel Long

Category:
best

Meditation is all about the pursuit of nothingness. Its like the ultimate rest. Its better than the best sleep youve ever had. Its a quieting of the mind. It sharpens everything, especially your appreciation of your surroundings. It keeps life fresh. – Hugh Jackman

Category:
best

I find that the best way to do things is to constantly move forward and to never doubt anything and keep moving forward, if you make a mistake say you made a mistake. – John Frusciante

Category:
best

Random Quotes

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Category:
Men

Maxi dresses are also my best friend. They take me from my morning coffee, to the beach, to nighttime. – Hilary Rhoda

Category:
Morning

Poetry is the overflowing of the soul. – Henry T. Tuckerman, “Bryant,” Thoughts on the Poets, 1850

Category:
Poetry

I know that my grandfather is 92 years old. And he has seen this country evolve in amazing ways. He looks at South Carolina and he says, wow, what an amazing state that we have the blessing to live within because of the evolution. – Tim Scott

Category:
amazing